Wednesday, September 23, 2009

COMMENTS: This may not be Chadley's last chance to redeem his 2009 season, but it's his best chance. A poor performance by Bills against the Glass Joe of the majors would just about ruin his chances of starting the in playoffs. However, a strong performance wouldn't necessarily guarantee him a start, and a so-so performance would just leave us all frustrated. Hopefully the bats will follow their cue from yesterday's drubbing and provide Mr. Thighs with some run support, allowing Chad to Punch-Out!! the Nads!

I can't stay for the game, some friends decided to show a movie they made so it's a social life clashing with baseball fandom, however i'll try to make it.

Please, don't get pessimistic for a GIDP with runners on base in the first third of the game, curse and complain as you want but try to focus on the positive. Bills is gonna win this game, the Dodgers will win the game and if the force is with us, even the Rockies will lose.

Also, if you don't mind, comment profusely so i can get a better idea when i get home and read the Gameday. Please?

Billingsley is psychologically damaged. He knows he's screwed up in the sixth inning many times, so now he gets to the sixth inning and it's probably all he thinks about, and it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.

God damn! I looked away for 2 seconds and now this. This went from best case scenario to, well, not necessarily worst, but like Erin said, he really now has a mentla hangup in the 6th and this is NOT going to help. Hell, now I have a mental hangup in the 6th.

I don't see how he could tire in the sixth. Particularly tonight, when he had not thrown that many pitches going into the inning. He's a professional athlete--if there's something making him tired after throwing 65-70 pitches, then that needs to be determined because there's something wrong there.

I just got here, so, no, I haven't looked at any stats. I just hate Chad's body language any time anything goes wrong. I don't see how he could avoid realizing what inning it is and what he's done in that inning all year.

I just think everyone is freaking out over bills and while it is warranted to some degree, we do not need to consider it a disaster or a lost cause. he pitched so well tonight for most of the game, he had a great first half. is he going to be an ace? maybe not, but there is no need to start calling him a Rick Ankiel headcase just yet.

MLASF, you are right, the fielding mistake is inexcusable, but he got penalized for the one meatball he threw. It wasnt a great inning by any means, but the 4th was the same and he got out of that one. I guess I am not done with him because of what feels to me more like bad timing. I really liked what he did tonight and am upset that it was wasted

I'm not advocating yanking Bills out of the rotation. I'm just suggesting that there's something wrong with him, and I really hope it's being addressed within the organization. Like with the employment of a sports psychologist, for instance.

I'm with Erin. Until there's concrete evidence suggesting a physical ailment, it is a psychological problem for him. He just seems to crack under pressure, and not just in the sixth. Through innings 1-7, Chad's OBP exceeds .300 for five of the seven innings. For Wolf, it's only two.

"When October rolls around, Torre better have Hudson installed back at second base and Belliard on the bench where he belongs. Any other alignment will be a blow to the Dodgers chance of winning a World Series."